Fiona Apple accused Prince George’s County, Maryland officials of cutting off Zoom access to court watchers after several (including herself) filed affidavits in support of a lawsuit brought against the county’s allegedly unlawful pretrial services process. Apple has served as a court watcher for the past couple of years, working …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' Is the Final Horseman of the Tumblr-Era Revival
The dulcet clangs and synths of a Jack Antonoff-produced pop album are ringing through the air, Urban Outfitters is selling a new Arctic Monkeys LP, and American Apparel turtlenecks are cool again. What year is it? If you’ve started to feel some deja vu, you’re not alone. With the release …
Read More »Watch Paramore Bring 'All I Wanted' Back From the Dead With First-Ever Live Performance at When We Were Young
Thirteen years after its release, Paramore brought Brand New Eyes deep cut and fan favorite “All I Wanted” back from the dead at When We Were Young festival for their first-ever live performance of the song. Until now, “All I Wanted” was the only song on the 2009 album never …
Read More »'House of the Dragon' May Be a Prequel to the Most Popular TV Show Ever. It Still Came Up Short
This post contains spoilers for the first season of House of the Dragon, which is now streaming in its entirety on HBO Max. “The Black Queen” was the season finale of House of the Dragon Season One, and its climax appropriately summed up nearly everything about the show, good and …
Read More »How Butch Walker Cracked the Live-Performance Code With Fist Pumps, High Kicks, and a Piano-Rocking New Album
It’s a hot late-summer Saturday at the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival outside Nashville, and Butch Walker has just jumped off the stage of the Americana Music Triangle tent and is wading into the crowd. About half the audience has never seen Walker perform before — he took an impromptu …
Read More »'Go Back to Cancun!': Ted Cruz Heckled Mercilessly at Yankees Game
The Houston Astros completed a sweep of the New York Yankees to punch a ticket to the World Series on Sunday. Americans love to hate the Yankees, but they may love to hate the Astros even more since the Texas team was busted for cheating in 2017 and 2018. They’re …
Read More »Matthew Perry Says He's Spent $9 Million and Over Half His Life Trying to Get Sober
Addiction comes at a cost in more ways than one. In a New York Times interview about his forthcoming memoir about his sobriety journey, Friends star Matthew Perry revealed the cost of having spent more than half of his life checking in and out of treatment centers and sober living …
Read More »Chris Stapleton and George Strait Are Touring Stadiums Next Summer
George Strait just can’t shake the road. After retiring from regular touring in 2014, the Texas country music singer has played festival dates, one-off shows, and his successful Las Vegas residency Strait to Vegas. In 2023, he’ll add more to his itinerary when he joins Chris Stapleton for a string …
Read More »Lil Durk's Attempted Murder Charge Dropped
Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, have dropped multiple charges against Lil Durk, including attempted murder. As Fox 5 in Atlanta reports, Durk — real name Durk Derrick Banks — was facing several charges in connection to a 2019 shooting outside the famous Atlanta restaurant, the Varsity. Along with attempted murder, …
Read More »Beyoncé Quietly Confirmed Summer 2023 'Renaissance' Tour at Charity Auction
Beyoncé quietly announced the highly-anticipated tour in support of her seventh studio album Renaissance randomly during the 2022 Wearable Art Gala over the weekend. Without an explicit announcement, the live shows were confirmed to be scheduled for next summer when the charity auction began taking bids for an elaborate concert …
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